I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 227: Jade Book Reduces Sins, Rebuilds After Tribulations

This was the first time that the Fire Spirit Immortal set foot in the Heavenly Palace, something she had never dared to dream of before.

And now, wearing the robe of a sixth-rank immortal official of the Heavenly Court, she walked into the South Gate of Heaven, which represented the highest level of the Three Realms, with her head held high.

The Heavenly Palace is magnificent and majestic, with beautiful stars in the sky, just like a dream. Led by a heavenly general, the Immortal Fire Spirit came to the outside of the Tongming Palace.

The general turned around and said, "Wait here."

"Yes." Fire Spirit Immortal bowed and replied.

Afterwards, the general stepped forward and delivered Zhuang Yan's talisman to the spiritual officer on duty outside the Tongming Hall. The spiritual officer stepped forward and carefully checked the immortal jade certificate of Fire Spirit True Immortal, and found that it was completely consistent with the talisman. Then he handed the immortal jade certificate back to Fire Spirit True Immortal, and then turned around and entered the Tongming Hall.

At this time, the celestial general who led the Fire Spirit Immortal to heaven said goodbye and left. Not long after, the spiritual light walked out of the Tongming Palace. Then a magnificent and clear voice came from the Tongming Palace: "Announce the Secretary of the Yuji Zhenjun Mansion, the Fire Spirit Immortal, to enter the palace for an audience."

Immortal Huo Ling immediately straightened his robes and appearance, then stood up solemnly, held his head high, looked straight ahead, and walked into the Tongming Palace.

The Fire Spirit Immortal entered the Tongming Palace, his eyes were unbiased and he looked straight ahead, his expression was calm and composed, he was both solemn and respectful, and neither humble nor arrogant.

She walked forward with square steps and came to the center of Tongming Hall, then bowed and said, "I am the Minister of the Palace of Jade Supreme Lord, Fire Spirit Immortal, and I bow to the Jade Emperor, the Great Heavenly Lord, and wish Your Majesty a long life and eternal peace."

The Jade Emperor spoke and said, "Stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fire Spirit Immortal bowed in thanks, then stood upright in the hall, his eyes always looking straight ahead, maintaining a straight line.

Seeing her like this, the Jade Emperor couldn't help but smile and said to Zhuang Yan, "My dear, you really have a keen eye for talent. You actually discovered such a brilliant and talented person from the human world."

Zhuang Yan cupped his hands and said, "This is all thanks to your majesty's grace. Without your majesty's great power to stabilize the three realms, how could such a talent be born in the world?"

The Jade Emperor smiled and said, "The stabilization of the Three Realms is the joint effort of all the gods and immortals. How dare I take it all on my own? Now that a figure like the Fire Spirit has entered my heaven, it is truly a blessing for all the beings in the Three Realms."

After saying that, the Jade Emperor directly asked the Fire Spirit Immortal: "Secretary Fire Spirit, how did you get this jade book?"

The Fire Spirit Immortal quickly reported, "Your Majesty, this jade book was obtained after I spent two months contacting the underworld and searching through the documents of the Taixuan True Palace and the various departments of the underworld over the past thousand years."

Upon hearing this, everyone present changed color. What True Immortal Huo Ling mentioned about contacting the Netherworld was actually contacting the underworld. He then went to check the documents of Taixuan True Immortal Palace and various departments of the underworld for nearly a thousand years, and then sorted out and copied down all the cases related to the Zhuxian Order from the vast amount of documents.

"Two months?" The Jade Emperor was surprised. "In the past thousand years, not to mention how many documents there are in the Netherworld and Taixuan Palace, just finding these documents must be a difficult task, right?"

The Fire Spirit Immortal said, "Your Majesty is right. It is very difficult to compile this book, but I am good at handling miscellaneous matters, so two months will be enough."

The Jade Emperor said: "Since you are so confident, I will send someone to check. If it is accurate, you will be credited with a merit. If it is not accurate, you will be guilty of deceiving the heaven."

Fire Spirit Immortal cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please order a review. There will be absolutely no omissions in this book."

"Okay." The Jade Emperor handed the Jade Book to Taibai Jinxing and said, "Take it to Taixuan Zhenfu and the Underworld to check one by one to see if there are any mistakes."

"As you command." Taibai Jinxing took the jade book. At this time, Huo Ling Zhenxian said again: "Your Majesty, I have one more thing to say."

The Jade Emperor smiled and said, "Speak."

The Fire Spirit Immortal said, "Your Majesty, if we only rely on the envoys of the Taixuan Palace and the Netherworld Palace to check this book, it will take at least ten days or half a month to check it. Your Majesty, please dispatch the civil servants of the Heavenly Court to check it together."

The Jade Emperor said to Taibai Jinxing, "You can handle it with the camera."

Taibai Jinxing bowed and said, "As you wish."

Afterwards, Taibai Jinxing left. The Jade Emperor compared the list submitted by the Underworld with the list submitted by the Fire Spirit Immortal in his mind, and then shook his head.

If the list of Fire Spirit Immortal is real, then this list of the underworld is too simple.

At this time, the Jade Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "If the list of names of True Immortal Huo Ling is true, then the guilt of Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu in the case of the Chopping and Offering Order can be reduced by half."

Upon hearing this, Yisheng Zhenjun, who was the Grand Envoy of the Heavenly Court, said, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask about the Jade Book of the Minister of Fire Spirit."

The Jade Emperor said, “The jade book presented by Minister Huo Ling records in detail the reasons for each dragon and phoenix being chopped off after the order to chop off was issued, including whether they were guilty, whether they were wronged, when they were chopped off, why they were arrested, who judged the case and chopped them off, etc.” A divine light flashed in the eyes of the Emperor Dong Yue, and he looked at the Immortal Huo Ling with eyes full of surprise and appreciation.

But he also felt quite regretful in his heart that such a capable person was not his subordinate, what a pity.

Yisheng Zhenjun also exclaimed, "If this book is authentic, then it will be of great help to our Tian Court in handling the case of Zhuxianling."

The Jade Emperor nodded and said, "That's right. I just read the contents of the Jade Book. Seventy percent of the people killed were sentenced to death. Those killed were all guilty members of the Dragon and Phoenix clan. Only thirty percent were killed unjustly."

As soon as the Jade Emperor said this, everyone suddenly understood. In other words, this jade book directly washed away 70% of the sins of Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu.

Especially You Yi Lingguan, he originally thought that this jade book was the evidence of Zifu Shaoyang Emperor's crimes collected by Huo Ling Zhenxian, and was used to convict him.

But he didn't expect that this jade book could actually forgive Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu for 70% of his sins.

At this moment, the look in You Yi Lingguan's eyes when he looked at Fire Spirit Immortal changed. Looking at the tall, graceful, and calm fiery red figure, You Yi Lingguan's mortal heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Lingguan You Yi was startled and quickly put aside all distracting thoughts, calmed his mind, and looked straight ahead.

Even Emperor Zifu Shaoyang himself was quite surprised. He had never expected that the jade book given to him by Immortal Fire Spirit would have such an unexpected effect.

After about an hour, Taibai Jinxing came back with a look of shock on his face. He entered the palace and came before the Jade Emperor and reported: "Your Majesty, the contents of the Jade Book of the Fire Spirit Shangshu are consistent with the documents of the Netherworld and Taixuan Zhenfu for thousands of years, without the slightest mistake."

"Wow!" There was a burst of exclamations in the hall, and even Emperor Wenchang couldn't help but sigh: "Since I took power in Taixuandu Province, I have never seen such a great talent in paperwork."

Nezha was also somewhat shocked at this moment. He quietly nudged Zhuang Yan beside him and asked, "Hey, was it you who instructed this?"

Zhuang Yan shook his head seriously, "I didn't instruct on this."

After hearing this, Nezha was also surprised and said, "So, this Taoist friend Huo Ling is really a pillar of talent."

At this time, the Jade Emperor smiled and looked at the Fire Spirit Immortal and said, "You are a talent who can assist the Emperor. You should govern well in the future. I will never neglect such a great talent as you."

Fire Spirit Immortal bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

The Jade Emperor nodded, and then said to everyone: "My fellow immortals, the case of the beheading order has been clarified. The emperor of the Purple Palace Shaoyang in the human world is primarily responsible for this case, and the official of the Cave Zhen Palace is secondarily responsible. However, in this case, 30% of the lives were wrongly killed, and this crime was caused by..."

"Your Majesty, I will bear all the responsibility for this crime. Please deprive me of my title as emperor and allow me to cut off my Taoist body. I will disperse all my merits and virtues and dedicate them to the souls who died unjustly. I will then be reincarnated and cultivate again after experiencing the calamity." Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu reported to the Jade Emperor.

Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor looked at Zifu Shaoyang Emperor, then nodded and said, "Approved. Strip Zifu Shaoyang Emperor of his title of 'Emperor' and his position of 'Shangqing of Dongzhen', but retain his fifth-rank immortal status. Allow him to cut off his own body, and all his merits will be distributed to the souls who died unjustly because of his act. They will be reincarnated and reborn after experiencing tribulations."

Zifu Shaoyang Zhenren trembled and stood up and bowed, saying: "I thank your majesty for the grace of heaven."

Afterwards, he bowed his head and kowtowed to the Jade Emperor. Then, with the help of You Yi Lingguan and General Lei Wei, he was led out of the Tongming Hall by Yisheng Zhenjun, the chief envoy of the Heavenly Court, and went to the Thunder Department.

At this time, Emperor Wenchang walked out of the immortal group and said, "Your Majesty, the Purple Palace Shaoyang True Man has cut off his reincarnation, who will take over the position of the Supreme Minister of the Cave?"

The Jade Emperor asked, "Do you have any candidate, my dear?"

Emperor Wenchang said: "I think Xuandu Zhenjun, the 'Secretary of the Mysterious Caverns', can take over the post of Senior Minister of the Mysterious Caverns, and then commend the achievements of the Human World's Sima Ming 'Xuji Chongying Zhenren', and be promoted to the rank of Fourth Grade Immortal Official, and take over the post of Junior Minister of the Mysterious Caverns."

The Jade Emperor nodded and said, "Approved, proceed accordingly."

Emperor Wenchang bowed and said, "As you wish."

But soon the Jade Emperor said, "But I have a candidate for the vacant position of the Human Ministry."

Emperor Wenchang bowed quickly and said, "Your Majesty, please issue an order."

The Jade Emperor smiled slightly, raised his hand and pointed at the Fire Spirit Immortal and said, "Promote the Fire Spirit Immortal to the fifth rank of Immortal Official, and let him concurrently serve as the Chief of Life in the Human World Department."

(End of this chapter)